A Wicklow solicitor was suffering from Battered Housewife Syndrome when she fraudulently borrowed nearly €1m in mortgage bridging loans a court has heard.

A Wicklow woman who attempted to smuggle heroin into Mountjoy Prison concealed in a child’s pocket has been given an 18-month suspended sentence.

A man who took part in a violent attack on a garda who was trying to arrest his cousin has been given community work instead of a prison sentence.

A mother of two has received an 18-month suspended sentence from Judge Katherine Delahunt for her role in a violent attack on a garda who was trying to arrest a drinking companion.

A teenager who claimed he spent the night "watching movies and smoking cannabis" has been cleared by a jury of involvement in a melee in Ballymun which resulted in two gardaí being removed to hospital.